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Nashville, Tenn. - No other sports question in Milwaukee is more pertinent at the moment than what to do with Rickie Weeks.

Other than Weeks, the man who has the most say on the matter was sitting behind the Nashville Sounds backstop Monday night, watching the Brewers on his iPad.

"Rickie is such a conscientious, aggressive guy," Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said. "He's always made us go as a team. All I know is Rickie will fight his way through it."

It was just a coincidence that Melvin was watching the Brewers' AAA affiliate, which has one of the organization's leading prospects playing second base, while the big club's second baseman is mired in a brutal hitting slump.

Melvin had planned to visit AA Huntsville and Nashville during the Brewers' extended road trip, but he knows better than anyone what's being said about Weeks in relation to the red-hot Scooter Gennett.

But it's hard to see the Brewers benching a $10 million all-star for a 23-year-old player who has yet to see a major-league fastball in a real game.

At least not yet.

"I don't see it, not at this point," Melvin said. "But you never know in this game. Ideally, the No. 1 thing is to get Rickie going. The best thing for both of them, and the best thing for the organization, is to get Rickie back on track and let Scooter play here the whole year.

"Then we make decisions later on."

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke sat Weeks for the first time this season Monday night in Pittsburgh. Roenicke's boss liked the move.

"It doesn't hurt," Melvin said. "I know there's been a lot of fan talk about giving him a day or two off. But that doesn't get guys out of slumps. Mentally it may help you a little bit. Rickie is not going to admit that it helps him because he's a fighter. He's a tough kid.

"I do think a day off in any business is good. As a general manager I take a day or two off once in a while to clear the cobwebs. That's why I'm a big movie guy."

But Weeks' slump has been a horror-show rerun for the Brewers.

"I guess I've seen it before," Melvin said. "Last April he hit .160 and .132 the month of May. But you just can't keep saying you're a slow starter. Guys do have streaks. You just hope he fights his way out of it. Rickie is a fighter. He's the toughest player on our club."

In some ways, the Brewers' hands are tied with Weeks. He is under contract through 2014 with a vesting option for 2015. He's doesn't offer a lot of trade value.

"We gave him the contract after his all-star year and he earned it," Melvin said. "When Prince Fielder hit 50 home runs we paid him $500,000. When he hit 28 we paid him $14 million. I've always said to not put dollar values on players. Contracts are only about your service status."

Melvin mentioned that only Dan Uggla and Robinson Cano were more offensively productive at second base last season when Weeks finally emerged from his slump. He also brought up a startling statistic. All but nine MLB teams saw their second basemen strike out at least 100 times last year.

"So when Rickie strikes out and people get frustrated, he's not the only guy in the world striking out today," Melvin said.

Still, the Brewers have enough problems without one of their offensive cornerstones dragging them down.

"The tough part with Rickie is we've seen him do it before," Melvin said. "That's the tough thing with any athlete. It's the frustrating part with us, too. It's the most asked question: 'What happened?'

"I remember Carlos Lee making a statement: 'Don't ever hit 30 home runs. Hit 28. Because if you hit 30, they'll expect it every year.' That's sort of a sad statement, but it's true, isn't it?"